LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar M Khan has categorically stated that he will not take any notice of Pakistan’s poor performance in the T20 series against New Zealand which they lost 2-1 in Wellington on Friday and added that it is the team management’s job.

Answering a question by a private TV channel if Shahid Afridi and his players will be taken to task by him after the poor show, the PCB chief quipped: “Why should I do it, it is the job of the team management to sit with the players and to bring improvement in their performance.”

Shaharyar, however, admitted that the performance was not good against New Zealand. “We won the first match in a better way but in next two matches we failed to perform as our bowling, fielding were not up to the mark. Batting also failed in the last match because the target was high.”

He hailed the performance of the host New Zealand team and added they were too good in the fielding area and took hard catches to take the edge. “Our players have to match that level of skill which the Kiwis showed, otherwise, they will not be able win T20 matches,” said Shaharyar.

Published in Dawn, January 23rd, 2015